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Rally for Clean Water Justice Act – Feb. 26
Join us for a rally for the Clean Water Justice Act. Maryland has an opportunity to ensure that communities harmed ...
Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit
The annual Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit is on Wednesday, January 31 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the Graduate Hotel (126 ...
Reflecting on Our Clean Water Victory — A National Precedent
A year ago, on December 20, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an historic opinion ...
EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities
In response to lawsuits, EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Buried But Not Forgotten: Coal Ash in the Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Bay region has a problem it thought it could bury and forget. But the solution for coal ash ...
Waterkeepers’ Water Quality Monitoring Provides Critical Public Health Data
Every year our Waterkeepers work hard to gather information about the conditions of our local rivers, streams, and coastal waters ...
Take Action: Protect Maryland Communities from Industrial Pollution
Increasing rainfall due to climate change is supercharging the pollution coming off of industrial sites, leading to serious health impacts ...
Justice for Black Farmers: IRA Funding & Farm Bill Opportunities
For decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) failed to treat Black farmers fairly when they applied for USDA farm ...
ACTION ALERT: Help build a water & climate-friendly Farm Bill
A beautiful autumn is upon us – complete with apples, cranberries, pumpkins, corn, squash and delicious family recipes. Yet none ...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake to Honor Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ted Evgeniadis and Patuxent River Advocate Richard Dolesh
EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz to speak at annual awards event on September 28 (Silver Spring, MD) Waterkeepers Chesapeake ...
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